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casseagull

@casseagull@mstdn.social

Come for the intermittent #BikeTooter and urbanism toots, suffer through my obsessions with music, food, and making things with my hands. Pogievangelist. From Vancouver, living in Ottawa. Twitter refugee from #OttBike and #OttPoli

Unless I say so in my post, I am almost certainly not asking for your unsolicited advice or for you to explain things to me, especially if we've literally never interacted before.

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I intentionally posted a couple of photos without alt text from the mastodon app on my phone, intending to delete and redraft a post from my computer so I could just type the alt text on a keyboard (I find the alt text adding process on the app tedious and hard to adjust) and the app reminded me that my photos had no alt text. I'd never noticed that before because I always add alt texts, I guess!

casseagull, to random
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I also made paneer on Friday for dinner last night and browned it in our air fryer, which worked a treat.

We made chicken tikka masala, palak paneer (spinach and paneer cheese curry) and baigan bharta (eggplant curry) and had them with some homemade mango chutney.

I am odd in that when I go on vacation I most miss cooking meals and my commute to work.

Chicken tikka masala, palak paneer (spinach and paneer cheese curry) and baigan bharta (eggplant curry) on a plate with rice and chutney visible near the edge.

casseagull,
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We have this Indian cookbook and it is endlessly fantastic. Everything we've ever made out of it has been excellent (usually made with only 1-2 changes, which says a lot for me!) https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/660-curries-raghavan-iyer/1008661952

casseagull, to random
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I made these rhubarb muffins with rhubarb from our garden and I am obsessed.

I altered the recipe a bit and added 1tsp of cinnamon and 1/4 tsp of ground cloves and I didn't have buttermilk so I switched that to 1/4 cup of orange juice (which complements rhubarb nicely) and 3/4 cup of soy milk. https://www.canadianliving.com/food/baking-and-desserts/recipe/rhubarb-muffins-or-loaves

casseagull,
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I am basically incapable of following recipes as written and it makes sharing them with other people hard because I've inevitably made at least five changes.

casseagull, to random
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First day back at work after being on vacation for the last 2.5 weeks, so of course I forgot my pass when I went into the office, which also means I forgot my frigging locker key and don't have access to my keyboard and mouse or my cutlery for eating my lunch or my water bottle. HECK.

casseagull,
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And of course the office kitchen doesn't have any cutlery or anything either. The office is so great. I love it here.

casseagull,
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@johnefrancis lol that would require my team members to actually work out of the NCR, which they don't. There are no in-person meetings to speak of.

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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Commanda Bridge to Alexandra Bridge to the Corktown Bridge is the best parkway to QED connection on weekends. Esp with the new separated lane by the Senate building now, it’s the lowest stress route we’ve taken in a long time

casseagull,
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@grivettcarnac They finally did that section by the senate???? I guess I am going to have to take the long way home today to check it out.

casseagull, to random
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I went to the Friends of the Central Experimental Farm plant sale today and was fairly disappointed. It was too much pushy Important Gardening Ladies for a not very interesting selection.

I was hoping for a good number of native plants too and there was only one table that also wanted $25 apiece for trilliums (!!!!)

casseagull, to random
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Yeah, why can't you all shut up about the genocide of Palestinians and just enjoy your bread and circuses... okay, well, the bread is too expensive for lots of people right too, so at least your circuses!

We're also going to throw this LGBTQ+ reference in here to make it seem like your choice is also a little homo- and transphobic.

casseagull,
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Here also is an angelic photo of the contestant from genocidal Israel and an unquestioned statement about people being pissed that genocidal Israel - which isn't even fucking IN Europe! - is in Eurovision, given said genocide, is antisemitic (it's not! Israel is committing genocide and that is shitty, no matter what religion they are)

casseagull, to random
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Canada abstained from this vote. Abstention is ridiculous but for Canada it's ridiculously progress. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-palestinian-request-canada-vote-1.7200464

casseagull, to random
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Something you could be doing to support student protesters’ encampments and demands at your alma mater is write a letter to your university’s president voicing your support for the demands and shame that your university is invested in funding genocide.

casseagull,
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If you're looking for inspiration, here is what I sent to the president of UBC.

casseagull,
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Next I plan to look into what my bank (credit union) is investing in and to figure out how to contact the public service superannuation fund to request they divest from anything on the BDS list (see link) and any weapons manufacturers. https://bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott

casseagull, to random
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My toxic trait is that in other currencies I always refer to the single note coins as loons and the double note coins as toons. Euro loon, euro toon. Pound loon, pound toon. 🤷‍♀️

casseagull, to random
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Can definitely tell that Israel’s actions are not at all dodgy and genocidal, no, never, by their banning of a critical free press outlet that actually presents an opposite view to the west’s Netanyahu lapdogging. Yup. Very democratic and free and not at all autocratic. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/5/netanyahu-government-votes-to-close-al-jazeera-channel-in-israel

Auxonic, to random French
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The machine of equating criticism of the genocidal state of Israel with antisemitism is working overtime today. 4+ stories in the CBC telling us we’re not allowed to challenge the deaths of tens of thousands at the hands of a vicious government.

casseagull,
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@Auxonic one of the headlines was something about a woman being worried she’ll have to move again. Lady, you’re living in a colonialist kibbutz on the border with Gaza set up by Israel to take over Palestinian land. I mean, you don’t have to move (though you shouldn’t be there in the first place), but you do have to not be an asshole.

chrisbegley, to random
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@casseagull found in the library

casseagull,
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@chrisbegley ooh! I need to get on some kind of release notification service for my favourite authors like I am for my favourite musical artists.

casseagull, to random
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Some friends’ son is cat and house sitting for us while we’re gone and while I am sure he’s doing a great job MAN is it hard to get proactive information from a 20 year old guy. We ask about the cats and he offers zero additional information besides that they’re good or whatever. It’s honestly hilarious how on brand it is for guys of his age.

stephanie, to Ottawa
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Remic Rapids Bistro is open!! First bike ride of the season I think! My ebike battery stayed surprisingly charged.

casseagull,
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@stephanie it’s this story - here’s the money quote: "I came upon this flock of Canada geese," said Gravel. "They all separated and I was ringing my bell. This one rogue Canada goose — I don't know if she didn't hear the bell — ran in front of me." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/escooter-goose-cash-safety-ottawa-helmet-1.6964539

casseagull, to random
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The last time I was in England for any length of time was almost 20 years ago (how am I even old enough for that to be the case???). I remember that I made tacos for the family I was staying with (I was obsessed even then) and finding the ingredients for it was quite hard - I had to make a lot of replacements. Now there are Mexican and Thai and even bubble tea places in tiny little seaside towns in the north east. It’s quite a change.

casseagull,
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I found Sainsbury’s GF sandwich today, in a train station of all places (a GF grab and go in a transport hub is an extreme level of difficulty normally!) and one of them is egg and cress. Yum.

casseagull,
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We were running late because we had a hard time getting a cab and I almost cried that they just had a sandwich for me. In the Ottawa airport my only real option was such that was more than $20 and was a contender for the worst sushi I have ever had.

casseagull,
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I’ve been scoping out all the grocery stores to see who has sandwiches and what kinds. Most grocery stores do, as do Boots. Tesco Locals seem to be limited to egg and tomato but most or the others have at least two choices. Prêt à Manger needs to get with the times because they somehow have no options!!! For the grocery stores, it’s best to go earlier in the day ensure you can find a sandwich. I’ve been grabbing them for my light lunch bites.

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